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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:F23873

Preserved specimen of Tectus (Tectus) niloticus (Linnaeus, 1767) | Button Shell
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Marine Invertebrates Collection
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number F23873
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Invertebrates:PreservedSpecimen:F23873
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dry
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Mollusca | Conchifera | Visceroconcha | Gastropoda | Orthogastropoda | Vetigastropoda | Trochoidea | Trochidae
Scientific name Tectus (Tectus) niloticus
Supplied scientific name "Trochus niloticus Linnaeus, 1767"
Identified to rank species
Common name Button Shell
Supplied common name "Commercial Top Shell"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Vetigastropoda
Family Trochidae
Genus Tectus
Supplied as "Trochus"
Species Tectus niloticus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1767)
Supplied as Linnaeus, 1767
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Orpheus island (goolboddi)
Latitude -18.62
Supplied as: "-18.62"
Longitude 146.5
Supplied as: "146.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Orpheus island (goolboddi)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Orpheus Island
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Orpheus Island
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Orpheus Island
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Herbert
    NRM Regions 2010 Burdekin
    NRM Regions 2017 Burdekin
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Burdekin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burdekin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Herbert
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HERBERT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Ingham - Hinchinbrook
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Hinchinbrook
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Townsville - Mackay
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Herbert
    Electorates March 2025 Herbert
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hinchinbrook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hinchinbrook
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hinchinbrook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 660
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) INGHAM REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERBERT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) INGHAM - HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Townsville
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Ingham Surrounds
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4816
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Ingham Surrounds
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Charters Towers - Ayr - Ingham
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Townsville
    Tourism Regions 2021 Townsville
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present Unknown/no data

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6771.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1752.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2054.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1117.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 129.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1188.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1616.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 104.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 69.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 90.27129 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 844.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 373.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 958.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.529167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 13.700001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 16.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.816666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 6.075 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 44.343063 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 275.53632
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.533333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.483334 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 84.0 m